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The Senate Armed Services Committee's move to transfer ownership of the Air Force's MC-12W Liberty aircraft fleet to the Army came because these Senators believe that Liberty's tactical intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance mission is best conducted by the land service, a committee spokeswoman told the Daily Report, June 24, 2011. The committee also wants to avoid the situation where the Air Force operates MC-12s and the Army acquires its own fleet of Enhanced Medium Altitude Reconnaissance and Surveillance System airplanes to perform a similar mission. Here, an MC-12 pilot performs a walk-around inspection prior to a mission in Southwest Asia.